License plate for automobiles and the like



Nov. l1 1924- J. F. ERRICSON LICENSE PLATE FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE Filed May 19. 1923 WIJV mm In TUR Maf/fl. 55m/15'50".

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JOHN FRED ERRICSON, OF RAMSEY DIETE-KUT, ALBERTA, CANADA.

LICENSE PLATE FOR AUTGCBLES AND THE LIKE.

Application filed May 19, 1923.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, donn Finn) Enaicson, a subject of the King ci Great Britain, and a resident of Ramsey llistrict, in the Province ot Jalberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new anc usetul lmprovements in License Plates Yfor automobiles and the like, oi' which the vtollo 1ing is a specification.

T his invention relates to improvements in license plates for automobiles and `the like,

. and the objects of the invention are to pro vide a plate made from transparent material, such as wire, glass, celluloid or the like, having numbers and letters in ene colourl and a plurality of differently coloured spaces for said numbers and letters.

Further objects are to provide a plate of this kind which can be read equally well night or day.

Further objects still are to provide a plate ol: this character which, it mud-spattered and otherwise subject to treatment which would obliterate the numbers on plates heretofore in use, will still clearly indicate by means of colours the number carried by the plate.

Still further objects are to provide a license plate of this character which will be decipherable under the most adverse atmospheric conditions and, as stated, at night as well as in the day time.

To attain these objects, I provide a suitably provided plate having a plurality of spaces, and providing each space with a separate colour, each colour representing the same number as the figure on that colour; for instance, as an example take the numbers 24345 on the plate illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Allocate the colour blue to represent 2; green to represent four; yellow to represent three; green again to represent tour; and brown for live, the figures themselves being in red 24345 and the colours 'in the space-s in which each red figure is carried would be in the order as above named, blue, green, yellow, green and brown. ln other words, a figure number, and a number designated by colours. It will thus be seen that gure numbers may be destroyed or covered by mud or otherwise, but the colours in the dilierent spaces correspond ing to the number so destroyed will remain visible, and the number of the machine or vehicle will consequently be always obtainable Serial No. 640,182.

'from the colours even though the iigures cannot be read.

Another object or' my invention is to provide a double name for the Province or State issuing a license, which is attained by providing a space on the plate for printing such name and then giving each Province or State a number, and using coloured spaces to represent each ligure in the number. The year may be provided tor in the same way, by using numbers and colours.

lilith the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the drawings in which like characters ot reference indicate corresponding parts in each vfigure, and in which: f

Figure l is a perspective view oi' my improved license plate.

Figure 2 is a. plan view.

Figure 3 is a sectional end view.

ln the drawings:

A represents the. license plate as a whole constructed of any suitable material and provided with suitable transparent means, preferably wire, glass, Celluloid and cloth, and divided into a plurality of spaces 10 adapted to receive each figure of the number, while longitudinally extending beneath the number is a space ll for the name of the Province or State issuing the license, at the end ci which is a further space l2 sub-divided into spaces 13 and 14 to contain numerals.

therwise my license plate is of the ordinary type, the essential features of it being the division into a plurality of different coloured spaces, each colour denoting a dierent numeral.

ln spaces 10 are arranged the license number with a background l5 of red or other suitably coloured material whereby at night these numbers will show up red. Then in each of the spaces for the individual num-v bers are arranged different coloured glass, each colour representing a number; for instance if the license number, as already referred to, should be 24345, these numbers are arranged in the different spaces 10 and will stand out in red or any other colour chosen.

The spaces themselves, however, will be given a colour corresponing to the colour allocated to individual numbers; for instance, blue will represent 2; green will represent l; yellow will represent 3; green Ll; and brown will represent 5. The figures then will read all in red 24845, and the colours in the spaces under eachy figure vvill read blue," green, yellow, Igreen and' brown, constituting'as a'whole the license number in figures and in colours.

In the embodiment of my invention here shown, I have illustrateda plate divided the number.

By placing the tail light behind the plate, the` licensew number Will be found 'to` more visible, andthe figures and Words being red will shovvy red; and thus a combination taii light yand license plate is 'obtainedl From the foregoing, the operation oft in): device vvill be'selfevidentg.

- ent spaces and" by theqolourfsfof said As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently Widely diiierent vewmbldiments ofi; infyjinvention" Within the scope 'of the claim, constructed Without departing from the spirit or scope. thereof, it. isinte'ndedatha't Yall matter contained in the accompanying'speciiication and dravvingssh'all be interpreted as illustrative and not in a. limiting sense.

/Vlia't I claim as my invention is: e

`A device of thezoharzaoter describedv com; prising a plate transparent;mate1jial,"di videdinto a plurality ot's-paflle-s'fea'clig space being oolpured to, correspony'xvith Jafcoloni' representing a': digit in accordance with'A an arbitrary scheme,v ay plurality of of all the same `colour 'a'ndudeflsiggiieid to!" 'fit separately intol each' ofy Saidy diiilerent In Witness whereof I` have" hereunto'l 'set my han'dvn thlelpnesenceof two Witnesses".

JOHN. FRED. ERRZICSQN Iitnesses:

' :ANNAXMCCAPKTHL ANDREW 'Sellerispaces7 whereby the' license'number of h'icler is disclosed the digits injthe 

